Man, I was all about ratchets for years and figured levers were just the old school way. That scale house guy might be onto something though, half the cranks does sound easier than cranking forever and hoping the chain's actually snug. For under 10k a lever gets plenty tight in my book.

41 loaves is serious work. The tally already told you something big: poke test beats the clock in a cold kitchen. Loaf 40 just proved it. Don't change a thing now, write down the exact room temp and proof time so future you doesn't forget. Kid asking for seconds is the only score that matters anyway.

Tbh I read a piece on Backblaze's blog a while back about how they track drive failure rates and the one thing that stuck with me is that drives tend to die way more often in the first few months or after a few years, not evenly over time. So a drive that seems fine for ages can just quit on you out of nowhere, which is pretty much what happened to you. I started running two copies after hearing a guy on a podcast say his rule was one is none and two is one. Sounds cheesy but it's true, a single copy is not a backup, it's a hope. The extra cost stings but you can't put a price on not having to tell a dentist their whole server is gone.